Like I said in my last e-mail, the trip to Cañuelas was a little much for my suitcases. I've attached a photo of what the wheels look like. The wheel in the front is in wonderful condition. Check out the wheel in the background... I'm going to have to buy a trolly, whatcha ma callit thingie. My English fails me. I can't think of what it's called.
This next picture is of my companion and the granddaughter of one of the recent converts feeding a cow. That's right. A cow. There are a lot hanging around Cañuelas. And horses too. And some chickens.
I don't have a picture with me standing with the cow because I was attacked by ants. Ants really don't like it when you are standing anywhere near their nest. And the ants in Argentina are considerably more aggressive than the ants in the States. My foot looks like it got bit by about a million teeny tiny mosquitoes, there are a bunch of really red, swollen bumps all over my foot. And they itch like crazy. Another thing I have learned in Argentina - always, always pay attention to where you are walking, even if it isn't in the city and you don't have to worry about getting hit by cars.
Another picture of my companion, Hermana Castillo.
This next picture is a typical road in Cañuelas -- which is our area. The other two missionary sisters (with whom Hna Castillo and I share a house) are assigned to the city.
There are going to be three baptisms in our area this Saturday. Ariel, a boy, is going to be baptized along with Rosmarí and Priscila. Ariel is the son of a recent convert (of about a month) and he told us that he wanted to be baptized too. Well, he already has all of the church attendance that he needs, he has the support of his mom, and he learns really fast. So, this week, we will be teaching him all of the lessons.
I have Tranmites (don't really know what that means, just that it has something to do with my visa and that everybody has to do it) on Wednesday. Since we live in the middle of nowhere, we have to take a train in the night to Temperley, to stay with the sisters there. One of them is Hermana Newman, so I get to see her again. Aaannnd, all I know is that I have to be in the station after Adrogué--Burzaco at 8:30 in the morning and I can't be late. Should be fun.
Our bikes fell apart, literally, on Saturday and we missed two trains. In Cañuelas, the trains don't really have a regularly scheduled time when they pass by, so we had to wait for an hour and a half. My back tire and the front tire of Hna Castillo's bike popped. Her chain kept falling off every two minutes and my seat came off. But don't worry, we fixed them today.
Until next week,
Hermana Crotzer
Editor's note: Here, for fun, is the wikipedia info on Cañuelas, Argentina: "Cañuelas is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Cañuelas Partido. It is located near the outskirts of the Gran Buenos Aires conurbation. It is claimed that dulce de leche was invented by the dairy Estancia La Caledonia near Cañuelas on June 24, 1829 by chance. The area was also home to the first dairy factory in Argentina at La Martona."
Here is the wikipedia entry for Temperley, Argentina: "Temperley is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the south of Lomas de Zamora Partido. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. In 1854 the industrial and textile merchant George Temperley (born in 1823 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) bought from the Marenco brothers 51 hectares between the present streets of Dorrego, Almirante Brown, Eva Perón and Lavalle, and built a country house there. On October 16, 1870, Temperley set aside land from his extensive property for the establishment of a community, and participated in the building of both the original Lomas de Zamora City Hall and the Temperley railway station, one of the largest in Greater Buenos Aires. In 1965 the town of Temperley was granted City status by the Provincial Legislature."
And now we know about Cañuelas and Temperley. We don't have a clue what Tranmites is (because we couldn't find it on the internet in a language that we could read.) But maybe Catherine will fill us in next week.
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